Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Season 4 Directed by Julia Smith Written by Innes Lloyd After joining the show at the end of the last serial, it’s time for the first full serial with Jamie as a companion. It’s also our first actual look at … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E05 “The Underwater Menace”
This episode is known as the season one episode where Homer attempts suicide because he’s been fired from the plant, absurd both because it becomes out of character for Homer, and for how dark it is. In context, it’s still … Continue reading The Simpsons: S01E03 “Homer’s Odyssey”
“The Cage” Season 1 Production Order #1 Airing Order #80 Directed by Robert Butler Written by Gene Roddenberry Two days before the premiere of Season 4 of Doctor Who, another slightly more famous sci-fi show premiered, this time in the US. Perhaps the … Continue reading Star Trek: TOS – S01E01/E02 “The Cage” and “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
Season 4 Directed by Hugh David Written by Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis In many ways, this is both the true start of the Second Doctor’s era and one more nail in the coffin of the First Doctor’s era. It’s … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E04 “The Highlanders”
The Simpsons, Season one, Episode Two, “Bart The Genius” It’s a famous story now: when Matt Groening was in the waiting room for Fox to negotiate making a cartoon out of his comic strip Life In Hell to pay off … Continue reading The Simpsons: S01E02 “Bart The Genius”
Happy New Year, everybody! I’m ringing in 2017 with possibly the most crowd-pleasing concept possible: weekly write-ups on The Simpsons! With these write-ups, I hope to create a space where we can come together to quote The Simpsons incessantly, because … Continue reading The Simpsons: “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire” S01E01
Season 4 Directed by Christopher Barry Written by David Whitaker With the end of one era, another must take its place. We may have gotten our first look at the face of a newly regenerated Doctor, but now is the … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E03 “The Power of the Daleks”
Season 4 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis 134 episodes in and we have the biggest and most important moment of the show’s history. Doctor Who was no stranger to turnover by this point with … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E02 “The Tenth Planet”
Season 4 Directed by Julia Smith Written by Brian Hayles Welcome to a “new” season of Doctor Who as we head into the home stretch of William Hartnell’s run. While the new companions were introduced throughout the next serial, this … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S04E01 “The Smugglers”
Season 3 Directed by Michael Ferguson Written by Ian Stuart Black As we come to the end of another season of Doctor Who, it’s important to look back at the season as a whole and frankly there has been a … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E10 “The War Machines”
Season 3 Directed by Christopher Barry Written by Ian Stuart Black Hey everyone, it’s been a while but it’s time for more adventures in Doctor Who Classic. Ok, I know we had been through a bit of a rough spell … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E09 “The Savages”
Season 3 Directed by Rex Tucker Written by Donald Cotton Good news everyone! This week we are rebounding from a lackluster installment in “The Celestial Toymaker” with a completely intact serial. The bad news is that serial is “The Gunfighters”. … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E08 “The Gunfighters”
Season 3 Directed by Bill Sellars Written by Brian Hayles After a brief reprieve, here we are back at the realm of the missing serial, or mostly missing as the final one has been recovered. We’ve been dealing with a … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E07 “The Celestial Toymaker”
Season 3 Directed by Michael Imison Written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott It’s sure felt like a while since we had a complete series and I admit that it was starting to wear me down a bit even with … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E06 “The Ark”
Season 3 Directed by Paddy Russell Written by John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh After last week’s marathon of a serial it is nice to return to the land of the four episode serial where we will remain for the rest … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E05 “The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve”
Season 3 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by Terry Nation (episodes 1-5,7), Dennis Spooner (episodes 6, 8-12) Here it is, the big one. At twelve episodes long, “The Daleks’ Master Plan” is the longest Doctor Who serial (depending on if … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E04 “The Daleks’ Master Plan”
Season 3 Directed by Michael Leeston-Smith Written by Donald Cotton At this point, the notion of changing companions on Doctor Who is well established. This is only the second full length serial of Season 3 and yet once again we … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E03 “The Myth Makers”
Season 3 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by Terry Nation I’ve talked about just how big the Daleks were before and at this point they already had three serials (where no other villain had more than one) and a movie … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E02 “Mission to the Unknown”
Season 3 Directed by Derek Martinus Written by William Emms Welcome to Season 3 of Doctor Who Classic and we’ve come a long way. ¾ of the original cast is gone and despite being only two seasons in, we are … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S03E01 “Galaxy 4”
Season 2 Directed by Douglas Camfield Written by Dennis Spooner When Season 2 started, we had four leads in The Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara but with the season coming to a close, only The Doctor remains with Vicki and … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E09 “The Time Meddler”
Season 2 Directed by Richard Martin Written by Terry Nation After all the teasing in “The Space Museum” and of course that great cliffhanger, The Daleks return this time after only being gone for the better part of 5 serials … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S02E08 “The Chase”
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